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TIL Hulda Clark - a woman who believed all diseases were caused by parasites, and sold a 100% cure for HIV/AIDS, Depression, and Cancer - died of cancer.

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m9WE TIL that the original flavour for Cap'n Crunch cereal was created in 1963, by Pamela Low, a flavorist at Arthur D. Little, and a graduate of the University of New Hampshire with a microbiology degree. The flavour was inspired by her grandmother, who used to serve brown sugar and butter over rice.
VM97k TIL a field of seagrass converts carbon dioxide to oxygen at over 8x the rate of a forest the same size.
RO1 TIL John Wilkes Booth’s brother, Edwin Booth, saved Abraham Lincoln’s son, Robert Lincoln, from getting hit by a train.
6Evkl TIL that contrary to his modern day image as a ruthless tyrant, infamous pirate Blackbeard actually spurned violence, preferring to rely on intimidation tactics, and never harmed or murdered anyone he held captive.
Meb67 TIL this yellow-pigmented male northern cardinal is most likely a genetic mutation that renders the pigments the bird draws from foods making it appear with yellow coloration rather than red. This is called xanthochromism; in addition to cardinals, it has also been seen in rose-breasted grosbeaks.